1. تتقلب الدنيا بنا

    فتذيقنا يسرا وعسرا

    The world tosses us about,

    making us taste ease and hardship;

  2. لكن ضر الحر من

    عسر يعيد اليسر اسرا

    but a free man's suffering from

    hardship turns ease into captivity.